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NEW: Impact of £4bln+ UK foreign aid cuts starting to emerge. UK to cut direct funding on water & sanitation projects in developing countries by more than 80%, despite handwashing being critical defence in fight against coronavirus, leaked memo reveals 1/

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Also this devastating revelation h/t @willrworley: UK to slash funding for polio eradication by 95% (from £100mln to £5 mln) in "catastrophic" move that will hamper efforts to eliminate a disease, which mainly affects children & causes paralysis 2/

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🚨@AlokSharma_RDG - any response to polio fund cuts? In 2019 as International Development Secretary you said: "If we were to pull back on immunisations, in a decade we could see 200,000 new cases each year, which would be a tragedy for the children & families affected" + the🌎3/

Wonder how @AlokSharma_RDG - Ex @DFID_UK Secretary, now President of @COP26 - is planning to defend this devastating 95% cut in UK funding for #polio eradication fight and 80%+ cut in direct funding for projects that help the world's poorest access water?

Genuine question

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UPDATE: Almost all UK funding will be cut for lifesaving water projects in developing countries and efforts to eradicate polio as evidence emerges about how a decision by @BorisJohnson's government to slash overseas aid is hurting the world's poorest 5/

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